Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport is a public airport

Airport

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 located five miles (8 km) south of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Springfield

Springfield, Ohio

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, a city in Clark County

Clark County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 144,742 people, 56,648 households, and 39,370 families residing in the county. The population density was 362 people per square mile . There were 61,056 housing units at an average density of 153 per square mile...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. It is owned by the city of Springfield.

The airport also serves three on-site divisions of the Ohio Air National Guard

Ohio Air National Guard

The Ohio Air National Guard is a part of the United States National Guard and an Air Reserve Component of the United States Air Force. It is composed of approximately 5,000 airmen and officers assigned to four flying wings and eight non-flying support units. OHANG units are based in Columbus,...

, including the 178th Fighter Wing

178th Fighter Wing

The United States Air Force's 178th Fighter Wing is an F-16 Fighting Falcon flying training organization assigned to the Ohio Air National Guard and operationally-gained by the Air Education and Training Command...

 at the co-located Springfield Air National Guard Base

Springfield Air National Guard Base

Springfield Air National Guard Base is the home base of the Ohio Air National Guard 178th Fighter Wing.-Overview:The 178th Fighter Wing of the Ohio Air National Guard occupies 113.6 acres of leased land on the Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport, located in central Ohio, approximately five...

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Facilities and Aircraft

Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport covers an area of 1516 acres (613.5 ha) which contains two runway

Runway

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• Runway 6/24: 9,009 x 150 ft (2,746 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt/Concrete
• Runway 15/33: 5,499 x 100 ft (1,676 x 30 m), Surface: Asphalt

For the 12-month period ending November 29, 2005, the airport had 62,000 aircraft operations, an average of 169 per day: 75% general aviation

General aviation

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, 21% military and 4% air taxi

Air taxi

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. There are 81 aircraft based at this airport: 59% single-engine, 14% multi-engine, 1% jet, 1% ultralight and 25% military.

• Named after the Beckley family, a member of which knew the Wright Brothers, and witnessed and photographed their first flights.

External links

• Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport
• Springfield Air National Guard Base (official site)
• Springfield Air National Guard Base (GlobalSecurity.org)